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Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show (every Monday night from 9-10PM CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer and discussion partner is Egberto Willies (@EgbertoWillies).

For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:

• You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
• An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.

GUESTS: (More complete biographical info on my guests are below Source links.)

OPEN FORUM

POSSIBLE TOPICS: Texas & Local Elections, Trump and the Federal Reserve, Immigration and Population Growth, and more

SOURCES WHICH MAY BE RELEVANT TO OTHER DISCUSSION:

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• EARLY VOTING HAS STARTED! Voting information in Harris County can be found at http://harrisvotes.com/
  • Polling locations “TBD”. Best reason to Early Vote.
    • Early Voting for Harris County Residents can be found at HarrisVotes.com
    • Oct 19-30^th
    • Early voting info for anywhere in Texas can be found at gov
  • Generic Sample ballot is 12 pages!
  • ‘My’ ballot is only 1 page. Yours probably is also.
  • The entire Houston city government is up for election!
  • You can check to see if you’re registered by going to http://www.hctax.net/Voter/Search or the Texas Secretary of State https://team1.sos.state.tx.us/voterws/viw/faces/SearchSelectionVoter.jsp

• WHO says hot dogs, bacon cause cancer. Does this mean we should all become vegetarians … [10% Meat?? ;-)

  • Opinion:WHO says hot dogs, sausages cause cancer. Chicagoans say we are so dead.Chicago Tribune
• Is KyNext Kaput? Obamacare on trial in election
  • Collapse of Kentucky co-op could be wildcard in governor’s race:Health care might shake things up in the Bluegrass state.
• INVASIVE SPECIES:
  • The True Story of Kudzu, the Vine That Never Truly Ate the South

  • How We Created a Monster In the American Southwest: The salt cedar is often seen as an un-killable invader. But are humans the real reason this unwanted plant is thriving?, By Candace Hughes, (smithsonian.com) October 9, 2015

     

ALSO:

• The Arab world’s wealthiest nations are doing next to nothing for Syria’s refugees, st/1NvBx08 (9/12/15, 10:54 )AM
• Microbeads, the Tiny Orbs Threatening Our Water – NY TIMES: By THE EDITORIAL BOARD: Once plastic microbeads enter the water, they attract toxic substances like PCBs and are eaten by fish
  • Is your face wash damaging the oceans?, Scientists estimate that 9 billion tiny plastic microbeads from tooth paste, cosmetics, and soap enter water streams every day, putting droves of aquatic species at risk., By Cathaleen Chen, Staff September 20, 2015 (csmonitor.com)
• The Possibility of a National Flood Control Network
  • Downhill flow can generate hydroelectric power, to help compensate for uphill pumping.
  • Arid low-lying areas may benefit from becoming ‘reservoirs’ for water being held pending regional needs.
• Dealing With The Megadrought in the Western United States
  • ARTICLES & SOURCES
  • What should California do about its drought? As California suffers a historic drought, residents measure the damage and consider possible solutions, August 26, 2014 by Inside Story Team @AJInsideStoryAM
  • California first to feel hydro-power crunch of drought, By ELLEN KNICKMEYER (Associated Press( March 21, 2015
  • Why California’s drought means higher utility bills. California’s drought has already cost utility ratepayers $1.4 billion and boosted emissions of carbon dioxide. Hydropower is the third priority behind drinking water for people and water for crops, By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press [March 21, 2015]
  • Who owns outer space?, By Yasmin Ali, Science reporter (25 September 2015) BBC.com (From the section Science & Environment)
  • Is Space Mining Legal?: A controversial bill would give companies the right to own natural resources in space, and it may pass in the Senate by the end of September, By Sarah Fecht Posted September 23, 2015 (Popular Science Magazine) “Mining for lunar water could make it up to 90 percent cheaper to colonize the moon. And extracting platinum and other minerals from asteroids could propel mankind to travel beyond low Earth orbit. At least two companies—Planetary Resources and Deep Space Industries—are openly planning to mine asteroids. The former has already launched a simple test vehicle into low Earth orbit, with more planned.”
  • Precession, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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  • Nutation, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    

    Rotation (green), precession (blue) and nutation in obliquity (red) of a planet

TONIGHT’S GUEST: OPEN FORUM

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